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Question 977733: vinas house is 15 years old now. how old will it be in t years? how old was it q years?

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Question 977798: How do I get the answer 8. If Leah is 6 yrs older than Sue and John is 5 yrs older than Leah and their ages is 41 . Then how old is Sue?
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Question 977898: A father is 36 years old and his son is 6 years old . in how many years will the father be twice as old as son

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Question 977862: Isabel is 6 years older than marie. In 4 years, isabels age will be 9 years less than twice maries age. how old is each now?
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Question 977941: If Varun's age is increased by 3 times his age, the result is 96 years. His present age is 24 years or 32 years
Thanks in advance
Varun
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Question 978076: my uncle is 29 years older than me, and the sum of our ages is 85. how old are we?
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Question 978177: we we're asked to form the inequality of this problem and solve.... can you pls help me??
This is the problem:
The ages in years of 3 brothers are consecutive multiples of 4. Three years ago, the sum of their ages was less than 39. Find their present ages.
thank you, in advance!!
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Question 978179: My age this year is a multiple of 8.Next year it will be a multiple of 7.How old am i?
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Question 978179: My age this year is a multiple of 8.Next year it will be a multiple of 7.How old am i?
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Question 978282: Jim is x years old.Jane is 4 years younger than Jim.Sam is twice as old as Jim.
(a)Express,in terms of x,
(i)Jane's age
(ii)Sam's age
(b)If the sum of the ages of the three children is 40 years,calculate the value of x.
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Question 978260: A mother is 25 years older than her daughter. In 10 years, she will be twice as old as her daughter. Determine their present age
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Question 978260: A mother is 25 years older than her daughter. In 10 years, she will be twice as old as her daughter. Determine their present age
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Question 978254: .
A father is 45 years old and his son is 15. In how many years will be the father be twice as old as his son?

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Question 978356: rick's age is twice as nick's age and nick's age is trice of vic. to add them all is equal to 90. what is nick's age? thnx
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Question 978394: In 5 years time, Reshma will be three as she was 9 years ago. How old is she now?

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Question 978394: In 5 years time, Reshma will be three as she was 9 years ago. How old is she now?

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Question 978392: Question:
Albert is twice as old as Betty. Five years ago, Albert was twice as old as Betty. Find their present ages.
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Question 978407: the present age of Lewis and Brown are in the ratio 1:2. three years from now, the ages will be in the ratio 3:5. find the present ages of Lewis and Brown.
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Question 978480: Sarah is 2 times as old as Bob, 6 years ago Sarah was 4 times as old as Bob, how old is Bob now ?
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Question 978436: Riza is 25 years old when her daughter was born. Today their age is total of 105. What is the age of riza and her daughter today?
I need the complete equation and formula. Thank you!
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Question 978426: the sum total of the ages of father and son is 55 years. if the father was to live till his sons age equal his present age, the total of their ages would be 93 years . find their present ages
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Question 978540: How would you solve this? Mary is presently 12 years older than her sister. Four years ago she was twice as old. How old are they now?
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Question 978459: Is Nathan and Shane's age together is 58 and Nathan's age is 8 less than half of Shane's age what are both here ages
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Question 978606: ket is twice older than ashley 7 years ago, what is their age now
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Question 978606: ket is twice older than ashley 7 years ago, what is their age now
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Question 978625: the sum joshua and alyssa's age is 36. josh is 4 years younger then alyssa, how old are they

let x rep. josh
let y rep. alyssa
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Question 978630: Sam is four years younger than Jo. But in five years time Jo will be twice Sam age now. How old are they now?
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Question 978635: At present A is five times older than B. After 12 years A would be twice as old as B then what are their ages at present
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Question 978662: How long will it take any quantity of iodine 131 to decay to 25% of its initial amount, knowing that it decays according to the function defined by A (t) = A0e^-0.087t, where t is the time in days?
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Question 978663: A sample from a refuge deposit near the Strait of Magellan has 60% of the carbon 14 of a contemporary living sample. How old was the sample?
Please help! Thank you!!
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Question 978678: The sum of Carl's age and Ellen's age is 40 years. Carl's age 10 years from now will be 1 year less than 4 times Ellen's age 6 years ago. Find their present ages.
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Question 978896: presently, the difference between a father's age and his son is 28 years. in 5 years time the son will be 1/2 of the father's age. how old is the father now?
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Question 978950: If sandy is nine times older than Eric and in 10 years the sum of their ages will be 50, how old is Eric now?
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Question 978945: 6 year ago Simon is twice as old as cara 4years from now his age will be 10 less twice Clara's age what are Simons and Clara's age
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Question 979003: Four times one odd number is 14 less than three times the next even integer. Find the integers.

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Question 979008: Lucas is 9 years older than three times his son�s age. In 14 years, the age of Lucas will be 6 years more than twice his son�s age. Find their present ages.
PARTIAL SOLUTION
x= son's age. So lucas age= 3x+9
After 14 years, son age= x +14, lucas age= 2(x+14)+6
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Question 979011: Mark can finish a task alone in 24 days while Andres can do the same task in 18 days. If they work together, how long can they finish the task?
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Question 979009: Lucas is 9 years older than three times his son�s age. In 14 years, the age of Lucas will be 6 years more than twice his son�s age. Find their present ages.
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Question 979037: If asif had bowling score of b+6 , b-2 , b+4, b-5 , what must he score in the next to get an over all average of b+2
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Question 979033: The age of baby will be 5 times after 20 years. What is the present age of baby? Answer with explaination
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Question 979145: the sum of the ages of a father and his son is 52. Three years ago, father's age was two years more than thrice the sons' age. Find their present ages.
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Question 979262: Manuel's age is 8 years less than twice Niko's age.if we let r represent Nikos age,write algebraic expression for Manuel's age

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Question 979263: A puppy and two cats together weigh 24 pounds. The puppy and the larger cat together weigh exactly twice as much as the smaller cat, and the puppy and the smaller cat together weigh exactly the same as the larger cat. How many pounds does the puppy weigh?
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